BOX SCORE | RAPID REACTION WITH HEAD COACH JACK PERRI

When and Where: February 15, 2020 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 87, Bentley University 81
Records: SNHU 15-10 (8-9 NE10), Bentley 16-9 (8-8 NE10)

Senior Eamonn Joyce (Medford, Mass.) netted 28 points to help lead the Southern New Hampshire University men's basketball team to an 87-81 victory against Bentley University on Saturday afternoon at the Stan Spirou Field House.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Joyce – 28 points (8-17 FG, 4-9 3-FG, 8-12 FT), 6 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Freshman Jacari Sanders (San Antonio, Texas) – 20 points (8-13 FG, 2-3 3-FG, 2-3 FT), 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists
• Junior Michael Almonacy (Brentwood, N.Y.) – 18 points (5-8 FG, 4-6 3-FG, 4-4 FT), 7 rebounds, 4 assists
• Junior Corry Long (Cincinnati, Ohio) – 14 points (6-10 FG, 2-3 3-FG), 2 steals
• Senior Ryogo Sumino (Kanagawa, Japan) – 7 points (3-7 FG, 1-3 3-FG), 2 rebounds, 2 steals

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire trailed by two with just over eight minutes to go in the second half when it used an 18-2 blitz - with six points from Almonacy, five from Sanders, four from Long and three from Joyce - to grab its largest lead of the contest at 73-59 with 4:39 left.
• Bentley answered with a 12-2 counter-run that featured five different scorers and slashed its deficit to 75-71 with 2:12 on the clock, but that was as close as the visitors would get, as SNHU closed it out by going 9-for-12 from the line.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Chris Hudson led Bentley with 28 points (9-15 FG, 1-4 3-FG, 9-9 FT), while Jordan Mello-Klein added 23 (9-15 FG, 2-6 3-FG, 3-3 FT).
• The Penmen outshot the Falcons, 52.6 percent (30-57) to 49.2 percent (30-61), including 52 percent (13-25) to 33.3 percent (7-21) from beyond the arc.
• Bentley was better from the line, 87.5 percent (14-16) to 70 percent (14-20).
• The Penmen gathered more fastbreak points (15-6) and received more scoring from their bench (20-6), while the Falcons won the glass (34-29) and the paint (38-34), collected more second chance points (7-5), and featured a better assist-to-turnover ratio (14/15-10/13).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire wins for the sixth time in its last eight games, while Bentley drops its fifth straight.
• SNHU has won six of the past nine meetings with the Falcons, despite trailing in the all-time series, 28-27.
• The teams split the regular-season series after Bentley was victorious on its home floor, 75-56, on Dec. 10.
• Joyce reaches the 20-point plateau for the 11th time this season and 21st time in an SNHU uniform.
• Sanders scores 20 or more for the second time this season.
• Joyce passes Will Flowers (1989-93) and Troy Bowen (2005-09) to move into a tie with Eddie Ithier (1983-87) for 44th place on SNHU's all-time scoring list with 1,067 points.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Saturday, Feb. 22 (3:30 p.m.) when they take on Stonehill College.
• The final regular-season home contest for SNHU is Tuesday, Feb. 25 (7:30 p.m.) when it plays host to Saint Michael's College on Senior Night at the Stan Spirou Field House. The game will air on both FOX College Sports and WGIR 610-AM.

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